Last March during the beginning of the lockdown I ordered a book by Ruth de Vos entitled pieced. It took months to get here since it was coming from Australia. The big draw for me was the blossoms and leaves of her patterns. I have made many collage quilts, using both patterns and my own designs. de Vos’ patterns are, just as the name implies, pieced quilts, not collage.

I had lots of steps to get to the point of sewing. Traced the pattern onto iron-on interfacing, cut it out then ironed each piece onto the fabric. Finally I had to add the quarter inch onto each piece before cutting out the quilt pieces.

Next step is putting the puzzle back together. The author suggests putting this block together is four pieces. I laid out the first quarter of the block next to my Singer 301, When piecing I usually use either my 301 or my Singer Featherweight as they do such a good job with a 1/4 inch seam.

Lots of curves with every piece. I must admit I used my seam ripper more than once on this project.

Starting to put the quarters together.

Finally, the top is complete.

Now to find fabric for the back. This beautiful Kaffe leftover from another project was the perfect choice.

Quilting on my Sweet Sixteen.  There was so much starting and stopping I didn’t even use my quilting gloves.

 

Close up of the free motion quilting.

Not sure where this one will hang. It’s made entirely from my fabric stash. The top is Cherrywood hand-dyed fabric, the back Kaffe.